11.   The two surveys showed Chirac maintaining his slender lead over Jospin three months from the elections, but revealed that support for both leaders had dropped.

12.   Latest polls give President Boris Yeltsin only a slender lead over his Communist rival Gennady Zyuganov.

13.   Opinion polls give Chirac a slender lead over Jospin but they also suggest a growing impatience for the campaigns of the two men to actually kick off.

14.   Now he has only a slender lead over rightwing opposition Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu.

15.   Opinion polls give Peres only a slender lead over Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu.

16.   Pakistan resume their first innings on Sunday, looking set to further increase the slender lead with three wickets in hand.

17.   Polls give Chirac, a centre-right populist, a slender lead over Jospin, who rules over a Socialist-led government.

18.   Rangers will be looking to extend their slender one point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership this weekend as they entertain bottom-placed Partick.

19.   Polls published Monday gave President Boris Yeltsin only a slender lead over his Communist rival Gennady Zyuganov.

20.   Surveys by other firms have also given Chirac a slender lead in the first round, but have been divided over who would carry off the second round.